The Limits of Constitutional Democracy /

The Limits of Constitutional Democracy / / ed. by Stephen Macedo, Jeffrey K. Tulis.

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Constitutional democracy is at once a flourishing idea filled with optimism and promise--and an enterprise fraught with limitations. Uncovering the reasons for this ambivalence, this book looks at the difficulties of constitutional democracy, and reexamines fundamental questions: What is constitutio...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Barber, Sotirios A.,
Bessette, Joseph M.,
Brandon, Mark E.,
Deudney, Daniel,
Eisgruber, Christopher L.,
Fleming, James E.,
Harris Ii, William F.,
Hirschl, Ran,
Jacobsohn, Gary Jeffrey,
Kleinerman, Benjamin A.,
Macedo, Stephen,
Müller, Jan-Werner,
Scheppele, Kim Lane,
Smith, Rogers M.,
Tulis, Jeffrey K.,
Vermeule, Adrian,
Zeisberg, Mariah,
HerausgeberIn:
Macedo, Stephen,
Tulis, Jeffrey K.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2011
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:The University Center for Human Values Series ; 37
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 1 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction Constitutional Boundaries
  • Part I. WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL FAILURE?
  • 1. Constitutional Failure: Ultimately Attitudinal
  • 2. Successful Failures of the American Constitution
  • 3. The Disharmonic Constitution
  • 4. Constitution of Failure
  • Part II. HOW CAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY CONTEND WITH EMERGENCY?
  • 5. "In the Name of National Security"
  • 6. The Possibility of Constitutional Statesmanship
  • 7. Exceptions That Prove the Rule
  • Part III. HOW CAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY CONTEND WITH WAR?
  • 8. The Glorious Commander in Chief
  • 9. The Relational Conception of War Powers
  • 10. Confronting War
  • 11. War and Constitutional Change
  • Part IV. HOW CAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY CONTEND WITH GLOBALIZATION?
  • 12. Three Constitutionalist Responses to Globalization
  • 13. Constitutionalism in a Theocratic World
  • 14. Constitutional Democracies, Coercion, and Obligations to Include
  • 15. Omniviolence, Arms Control, and Limited Government
  • Conclusion. Constitutional Engagement and Its Limits
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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